28th June 1915

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A fleet of cruisers, Dest

royers, are forging

a landing between here

& Hellespont. Terrific

bombardment going

on. Shells are still

flying round us. We

never seem free from

them

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Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula. 1915. A British Army artillery battery at work during the Dardanelles Campaign. The gun in the foreground was christened 'Annie,' the name being chalked on the breech.

Reference: Australian War Memorial

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